Mishake Muyongo
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Mishake Muyongo (born Linyanti, April 28, 1940) is a Namibian politician and former Member of Parliament who is living in exile in Denmark.
In September 1964 Muyongo became president of the Caprivi African National Union (CANU) when its leader Simbwaye was arrested and disappeared in South-African custody. Muyongo escaped to Zambia during a South-African raid at the CANU office in Katima Mulilo. While living in exile in Dar es Salaam, Muyongo negotiated a merger with Sam Nujoma's South-West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) party. Both parties would fight together to liberate Namibia from South-African rule. Muyongo held various positions in SWAPO before he was expelled in 1980: representative in Zambia (1964-'65), educational secretary (1966-'70), SWAPO Vice-President (from 1970).[1]
After independence Muyongo led his CANU into a new political party DTA. He was a member of parliament from 1990 to 1999, a presidential candidate in the 1994 presidential elections.
Muyongo is seen as one of the leaders behind a separatist movement in the Caprivi that is responsible for violent attacks on police stations in the Caprivi in 1999.
While Muyongo fled and found exile in Denmark, a treason trial is on-going in Namibia.[2] Allegedly Nujoma agreed to an independent Caprivi, once SWAPO succeeded in an independent Namibia.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Klaus Dierks Biography of Mishake Muyongo.
- ^ High Treason Suspect Muyongo’s fate to be determined by the UNHCR, November 2001.
- ^ 'SECRET' Nujoma-Muyongo document surfaces,The Namibian, January 24, 2007.
